OpTic gaming is quickly rising in both North American and global rankings. Is their star about to fade or are they just getting started? By Scribe
OpTic Gaming shocked Counter Strike: Global Offensive fans with major upsets in the Big Apple at ESL One: New York. The Green Wall edged out Cloud 9 in the event qualifiers and then stopped both Astralis and G2 dead in their tracks before being knocked out in a narrow match against Virtus Pro. It was the team's first LAN with the new roster featuring Tarik “tarik” Celik, who was signed in August but missed Northern Arena in Toronto in September. OpTic have managed to pick up big wins against international teams and regional teams in the past and with another strong showing at ESL One, the team has moved up in the rankings at a breakneck pace. They now sit as one of the top three North American teams alongside Cloud9 and Team Liquid (not including South American teams such as SK Gaming and Immortals). But what's keeping OpTic Gaming from claiming the undisputed top spot in N.A. from the other two? Since bringing Celik into the team, OpTic have gone 29-10 over 39 maps online playing with their current roster while Liquid have a 21-16 record over 37 maps since replacing Aleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev with Jacob "Pimp" Winneche in August. Cloud9 on the otherhand have been dominating since picking up Timothy "autimatic" Ta, going an impressive 40-7 over 47 maps online, with four of the losses coming from OpTic. While the numbers are skewed in C9's favour due to playing more matches with Ta, OG will still need to match Cloud9's reign online if they hope to take the throne. The core of OpTic's lineup has experience together on LAN, however they've yet to fully show dominance offline. A strong showing in New York adds to middle-of-the-road results at Northern Arena and a dismal finish at ESL One: Cologne 2016 for the core of the roster as of late. Meanwhile, the core of Liquid's lineup have shown they can compete in offline tournaments with a second place finish at Cologne 2016 with Kostyliev and a semi-finals finish in New York with the current lineup. Cloud9 has also proven themselves with two offline second-place finishes at DreamHack Open Bucharest 2016 and Northern Arena, as well as a semi-finals finish at the StarSeries Season Two Finals with their new roster. OpTic is a team that has the potential to do greater things, both online and offline. With the addition of Celik, and given some more time to prove themselves further, OG could develop into the next #1 team in North America and a force to be reckoned with globally.
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